Liberation & Fire Offering at PalmeGon Buddhist Association,Bagan Lallang,Butterworth.Held on 31.1.2009 between 6.30pm to 8.15pm.

Longevity Prayers in PalmeGon Buddhist Association , Bagan Lallang , Butterworth ( 29.1.09 ).

Reciting Om Amarane Javen Daye Svaha.

Chinese New Year Celebration 28.1.09

Celebrating Happy Chinese New Year in Palme Gon Buddhist Association.

Everyone having dinner at 7.30pm in Palme Gon Buddhist Association , Bagan Lallang , Butterworth , Penang.

Chinese New Year Blessing ( 26.1.09 )

In Palme Gon Buddhist Association , Bagan Lallang , Butterworth.

Reciting Lama Chopa Prayer.

His Holiness Karmapa news update

Jan! uary 22,
His Holiness visits the Mulagandha Kuty Temple which has the relic of Lord Buddha at 9:30 am. The in charge of Temple Ven Sumedha-Thero welcomed him at the Temple gate and escorted inside, where he made short prayer. Ven Thero presented an image of Buddha to His Holiness.

January 20
8:10 am on a rather chilly but windy morning, His Holiness arrived at the Damekh Stupa. Before presiding over the prayer, he took a walk of the outer circle of the Stupa complex. Over there he fed vegetables to Deer.

January 18th
His Holiness left Bodh Gaya for Saranath in Varanasi (U.P), at afternoon. For a week His Holiness will reside at Kyabje Yongzin Thrangu Rinpoche’s monastery Vajra Vidhya Institute at Saranath.

January 16, 2009
In the morning at 8:30 am His Holiness consecrated two acres of land, adjacent to Tergar Monastery, which was bought in October 2008 for the new Kagyu Monlam Centre.

His Holiness teaching on Living the Dharma, this is the first teaching in India directed specifically at Westerners.
First he tackled the question, “What is dharma?”
Practicing Dharma is more than performing rituals which require a special place or a special time, or special equipment.

January 12-13-14
Tsurphu Labrang has organized three days puja for His Holiness coming obstacle year. The prayer was sited under the Bodhi tree where all the monks who attended Kagyu Monlam Chenmo were present.

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A teaching by His Holiness Karmapa

http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/karmapa/news.php#080109

January 06, 2009, His Holiness continued the story of Milarepa; The relationship between Marpa and Milarepa was unlike an ordinary lama-student relationship. Some lamas threatened their students that if they didn’t follow through instructions they would be breaking samaya, and so would go to a hell realm. In contrast, Marpa treated Milarepa like a son. Nor was he motivated by gain. A lama should skillfully nurture his students and always be compassionate.

26th Kagyu Monlam in a glance;
Aspiration
A drop of water which falls into a great ocean will neither be 
exhausted nor cease to exist until the end of the universe. 
Likewise, a virtuous root dedicated toward attaining enlightenment 
will neither be exhausted nor cease to exist until you reach perfect enlightenment.

January 05, 2009
His Holiness Karmapa then gave a short commentary; 
The Lord Buddha said that two things were essential: study and practice. Gampopa advised people to study first. The Kagyu is known as the practice lineage, and meditation plays a central role; it is the lineage of experience and realization. Like Milarepa, we had to receive the instructions, and then put them into practice. This involved hardship and effort.

His Holiness Karmapa started on January 4th in Bodhgaya, India.   The Third day of Gyalwang Karmapa’s Lineage Practice Teachings January 02, 2009,  On the last morning of the teachings Gyalwang Karmapa conferred the Bodhisattva Vow and spoke about developing bodhichitta. He began by detailing the necessary conditions when taking the Bodhisattva Vow. The Second day of Gyalwang Karmapa’s Lineage Practice Teachings The morning session was devoted to the Refuge Vow, which was given in Tibetan, Chinese and Korean. His Holiness began by explaining the meaning of refuge and why we needed a refuge.